apucuyarse
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a- + pucuyo + -ar + se. The first sense is derived from how the pucuyo bird seems to be squatting when perched. The other senses are derived from the first one.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -aɾse
- Syllabification: a‧pu‧cu‧yar‧se
Verb
[edit]apucuyarse (first-person singular present me apucuyo, first-person singular preterite me apucuyé, past participle apucuyado) (intransitive, pronominal, rustic)
- (Honduras, El Salvador) to squat
- (Honduras) to bend down, to lower oneself behind something
- (Honduras, El Salvador) to snuggle or nestle; to snug
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of apucuyarse (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Further reading
[edit]- “apucuyarse”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
- “apucuyarse”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
Categories:
- Spanish terms prefixed with a-
- Spanish terms suffixed with -ar
- Spanish compound terms
- Spanish 5-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/aɾse
- Rhymes:Spanish/aɾse/5 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish verbs
- Spanish verbs ending in -ar
- Spanish reflexive verbs
- Spanish intransitive verbs
- Spanish rustic terms
- Honduran Spanish
- Salvadorian Spanish